Bailey's Irish Cream Cake Recipe
The Bailey's Irish Cream Cake Recipe is an easy and delicious dessert perfect for any occasion. It's moist, flavorful, and has a unique taste from the Irish cream liqueur in the batter and glaze. You can make it using a boxed mix, saving time in the kitchen.
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 15.25 ounce box dark chocolate cake mix, plus ingredients needed to make cake: eggs, oil and water
- 3.4 ounce box instant pistachio pudding
- 1 ½ cups milk
- ½ cup Baileys Irish Cream
For the topping:
- 1 ¾ cup heavy whipping cream
- ¼ cup Baileys Irish cream
- ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup chocolate, shaved
- ¼ pistachio nuts, finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease a 9x13 baking pan.
- Mix cake ingredients per package instructions (eggs, water, and oil), then pour into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, then let it cool for 10 minutes.
- Use a wooden spoon to poke about 80 holes evenly in the cake (8 rows, 10 columns).
- Whisk pudding mix, milk, and Baileys in a small bowl.
- Pour the pudding mix into the cake holes and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- For the whipped topping, beat heavy cream in a medium bowl. Add Baileys and powdered sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Spread whipped cream on the cooled cake, and garnish with chocolate shavings and finely chopped pistachios (grate chocolate with a cheese grater).
- Slice into squares and serve.
